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CropTec

We look forward to welcoming you to CropTec - an educational focussed and specialised technical event which aims to help farmers develop profitable and sustainable farming.

Concentrating on the key areas of crop protection, crop nutrients and the inextricable linked, response related areas of plant breeding and precision, all of which hold the key to profitability and compliance.

Technical seminars focussed on those subjects will run throughout both days, delivered by the UK’s leading industry experts. As well as a packed exhibition hall where exhibitors will discuss the latest technology and techniques, a unique series of demonstrations will give visitors a practical view of crop production.

New headline sponsor for event

We are proud to announce the new headline sponsor for CropTec 2014 is Makhteshim-Agan UK (MAUK). The company is the fourth biggest agrochemical manufacturer operating in the UK and part of the world’s largest off-patent player in the industry.

MAUK’s headline sponsorship of CropTec is indicative of its innovative approach to crop protection, says Lisa Harlow, the firm’s commercial director. She explains as the flow of new agrochemical molecules slowed to a trickle in the past decade, the market share of off-patent products grew rapidly.

They now account for more than 75% of global agchem turnover, with MAUK’s parent company, Adama Agricultural Solutions taking the lion’s share through its 50-odd subsidiaries. “The boundaries between patented and generic agrochemical companies are blurring. Any company wanting to provide real value to distributors, agronomists and farmers and to compete effectively in the future needs to break away from the pack, adding value to drive it forward. “Our involvement with CropTec will enable us to explain directly to farmers and their advisers just how our 120 formulations can make a real difference on-farm.”

CropTec 2014

We have taken all your feedback on board and we can now announce the dates for CropTec 2014 will be Wednesday the 19th and Thursday 20th November 2014.

CropTec will be held at the East of England showground,Peterborough.

The dates for 2015 will also change to ensure we do not clash with Agritechnica.

Tickets for 2014 will be on sale shortly. Follow us on twitter @croptecshow to keep up to date with our plans for 2014.
 
Full seminar programme and list of speakers are now online: http://www.croptecshow.com/seminar-programme/

The hall is now close to selling out with over 90 exhibitors already booked and seven companies booked for the outdoor sprayer demonstration area, where visitors will have one to one experience with each manufacturer and take the sprayers for a test drive.

New for 2014 we are launching the R&D Innovation Hub sponsored by the Technology Strategy Board and the Business Hub, more info coming soon.

Hope you are all having a great harvest!
 

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Webinar: Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer 2024 -26th Sept

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On Thursday 26th September, we’re holding a webinar for farmers to go through the guidance, actions and detail for the expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer. This was planned for end of May, but had to be delayed due to the general election. We apologise about that.

Farming and Countryside Programme Director, Janet Hughes will be joined by policy leads working on SFI, and colleagues from the Rural Payment Agency and Catchment Sensitive Farming.

This webinar will be...
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